YAK 9 Start Up

[MrZeddy100]

Actually looks a little bit P51 from the first angle.

[TheJcreg]

OK. Look! A start up is me looking at the plane, first, with the prop not moving. Not any. See, when this video started the prop was already turning around and around and around. The video was good, but I just love to see and hear a good old cold start with all the sputtering and poping and noises such as that. I'm just sayin'

[SaturnVII]

It's a good fighter, although I prefer the Lavochkin line myself. An La-7 will destroy just about anything the Germans had to offer, in the right hands of course.

[carlosmurphy4u]

This was not a "start up", engine was already running...

[Engeltown]

I saw many russian products; those old and brand new. None of them was 'fantastic'. So, I simply cannot imagine Yak was 'better' than FW or Bf. I think the best side of Yak was that... it existed. Same about pilots training and skils.

[folke65]

This is almost certain no Yak 9 but a Yak 3. You see it because it has no oil cooler under the nose. The Yak 3 came in the late war and was much more agile than every opponent on the Axis side, because it was a light weight fighter with a strong motor, nearly half the weight of a FW190 and about 1000 Kg less than a ME109. In the hands of an experienced pilot it could fly circles around any German opponent. One of the greatest warbirds in these times.

[dwb345]

Its Yak9U im pretty sure, they also did not have oil cooler under the nose, but had a framed front canopy

[Blasphemisaurusaoe3]

It could be A Yak-9U with a VK-107 engine. The U series didn't have an oil cooler under the nose.

[LarryThatKid]

I think German and Russian planes alike were formidable enemies.

[xenophobephoto]

The Germans never thought they'd have to worry about this (or IL2's or PE2's). Surprise...

[rupsu]

Im a IL2 1946 fanatic myself and I love YAKs and Bf109's above everything else.

Simulator is always a simulator, but it seems to be the best available. and it is a good game too.

War is that kind of shit that should never happen, but when it's been 60 years it makes a good story, an adventure.

I'm a FIN myself, and no hard feelings towards Russians, or those goshdarned Lapland torchers! (joke. Means germans.)

[rupsu]

Yeah, German pilots were too much for everyone in europe during those early years. They had actual what we in FIN call "hard bullet" exercise in Spain. It's always better than that "bang, bang" exercise. No matter what.

Brits were saved by the fact that luftwaffe had a total idiot as its supreme commander. and a corporal, who wanted to lead armies himself. not listeting to generals or other educated personel. Same goes for every german front in ww2. Those 2 fools messed it up. good.

[MoxleyMauser]

I can sit here all day here and argue with you, but the fact is, German pilots were simply too much for the Russians to handle. Any scholarly source will also back up the statement of which I have just made.

[DmitriyUA]

That's not true. Russian(actually we have to say Soviet)pilots with no expierience, that's what the majority of German pilots shot down. The trained and expierienced Soviet pilots were not worse than their German oppponents. Problem is that Soviet air force was in need of pilots, and thus many new,young and inexperienced Soviet pilots died because of this. And a second point,Soviet air force was not directly used to counter German fighters groups.They had to furfill other tasks, like protecting.

[ramjet81]

german planes were in fact better(most of them), but not because of Erich Hartmann.

[backtothegrave]

yes, and no. german planes were better than russian on the overall, but russian planes were by far better suited to the eastern front conditions. and russian planes were cheaper and performed better in bad weather.

so it's difficult to make comparisons.

[ramjet81]

One thing is the pilot.The other is the machine he´s piloting.

[MoxleyMauser]

Russian planes are not as capable. Take a look at Erich Hartmann and his record list and you'll see why.

[Brooklyn83]

The Yak-9 was superior even the the BF-109s later variants.

[MoxleyMauser]

I guess thats why Erich Hartmann shot down over 350 of them..

[backtothegrave]

if you have a look at the ratio of kills for mission you'll see that many allied and soviet aces (and many other german aces too)performed much better than hartmann, killing more planes for single mission... hartmann simply had a longer carreer than many. so next time read the figures before making statements.

[munteanuioan]

352

[aegismachina]

wow, look at the size of that prop!

[merlinmac]

The Yak 9 is often referred to as the Russian Spitfire because of it handling and manoeuverability.

[marianoarribillaga]

cool. Does it match the P-51?

[ducpilotst2]

Pretty much. See my other vid with the Yak 9 and p51 fly by.

[SmiertSpionem]

I imagine the Yak-3 was more manouvreable than a mustang.

[audigod]

yaa the Yak3 and Yak9U were amazing aircraft! the p51 has a higher top speed and more firepower but the Yaks had better climb, dive(i think) and maneuverability